Clearing
Custody Risk announces shortlist for European Awards 2015
Preliminary shortlist for the Custody Risk European Awards 2015 is published
Softer rules on clearing margin may not cut end-users’ costs
Leverage ratio burden only one part of costs
Australian regulator may review nexus trade approach
Asic commissioner hints at reviewing treatment of nexus trades
JSCC applies to US for exempt clearing status
Japan clearing house abandons three-year-long application to become approved DCO
JP Morgan exec challenges CCPs over skin in the game
"Why wouldn't you put up... all of your capital?" asks Olsen
SGX mothballs US dollar swap clearing
Insufficient demand causes service to cease – however exchange says it may reintroduce it later
SGX 'ahead of the curve' on CCP capital, argues director
Singapore Exchange puts up 25% of default fund capital; European and US CCPs contribute 2.6%
Deutsches Risk survey 2015: German firms adopt wait-and-see on clearing
No scramble for OTC derivatives alternatives among survey respondents despite fears mooted carve-outs from regulation may disappear
Hidden price pressures grow in euro swap market
Clients face wider bid/offer spreads, as dealers struggle to find liquid hedges
Corporates fear end to Emir's hedge exemption
Counting all trades towards clearing threshold ‘would be a nightmare’
ASX gets first DCO exemption from CFTC
Four Asian CCPs have applied, but Australian outfit is first to win an exemption
Esma urges EC to bin frontloading
Benefits of retroactive clearing are "undermined" by its drawbacks, Esma finds
CCPs confront cleared swap basis threat
From Japan to Mexico, CCPs are trying to avoid repeat of CME-LCH price disparity
CCP basis and the future of cleared swap pricing
Dealers predict "more granular" pricing for cleared trades, after CME-LCH basis blow-out
CCP basis market takes off – but will buy-side join in?
Dealers are encouraging asset managers to trade CME-LCH swaps
CFTC to clamp down on delays in swap clearing
Agency readies STP push; Isda calls for phased approach and 10-minute limit
How to fix the leverage ratio (by a prudential regulator)
“Embarrassing … ridiculous”: unnamed regulator lets fly at leverage rules
'Jury still out' on local currency clearing says CIMB
Asean OTC derivatives market is not big enough to warrant clearing
CCPs need thicker skins - Citi analysis
Analytical approach suggests CCPs should be putting more of their own capital at risk
FCMs try to ‘off-board’ credit and commodity funds
Fee hikes are being used to drive out clients that hog capital
Regulators cool on plans to change leverage exposure sums
SA-CCR is mooted successor to 27-year-old CEM, but sensitivity may count against it
SEC finds no evidence of lost liquidity in single-name CDSs
Quant Congress USA: data shows stable liquidity for clearable CDSs, official claims
Shrinking ranks of swaps clearers could see new entrants
NFA official says "a couple" of firms have filed applications to open a swaps FCM
Fed official defends clearing incentives report
Risk Derivatives Clearing: pilloried report was "clearly useful", says clearing official